1989 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.918679+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Houston	Southwest	4-0-0	1	27.09	53	10.12	3.98	0.02
2	Colorado	Big 8	5-0-0	1	26.72	28	10.53	4.7	0.3
3	Nebraska	Big 8	5-0-0	1	26.67	34	9.68	4.8	0.2
4	Arkansas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.67	20	11.54	3.62	0.38
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	26.57	15.8	12.05	4.3	0.7
6	Alabama	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.39	20.25	10.66	3.62	0.38
7	Tennessee	SEC	5-0-0	1	26.38	10.6	12.9	4.17	0.83
8	Miami	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	26	33.8	6.65	4.93	0.07
9	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-0-1	0.8	25.88	17	8.58	4.34	-0.34
10	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-0-0	1	24.99	23.5	3.4	5.12	0.88
11	Fresno State	Big West	5-0-0	1	24.85	25.4	2.49	4.44	0.56
12	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-0-1	0.83	24.17	9.5	2.67	4.43	0.57
13	NC State	ACC	6-0-0	1	23.85	16.5	-1.13	5.09	0.91
14	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	22.42	10	15.88	4.47	-0.47
15	Washington State	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	22.17	15.83	10.81	4.72	0.28
16	USC	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	22	20.6	13.27	4.57	-0.57
17	Clemson	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	21.86	15.83	9.15	5.21	-0.21
18	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.55	25.5	5.19	5.3	-0.3
19	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.41	30.8	7.89	4.9	-0.9
20	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	21.21	5	16.16	3.74	0.26
21	Florida	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.06	14.2	9.29	4.36	-0.36
22	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.87	11.2	9.81	4.58	-0.58
23	BYU	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	20.6	16	6.14	4.1	-0.1
24	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	20.59	4.4	11.58	3.07	0.93
25	Auburn	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.59	20.25	12.21	3.77	-0.77
26	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	20.18	6.2	15.81	3.68	-0.68
27	Illinois	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.12	7.25	14.97	2.8	0.2
28	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.92	10	12.33	3	0
29	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.67	5.75	11.52	2.5	0.5
30	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	19.64	11	5.5	3.65	-0.65
31	Indiana	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.63	16.5	7.43	3.56	-0.56
32	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	18.68	1.4	4.14	2.65	1.35
33	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	17.69	0.5	9.09	2.05	0.95
34	Virginia	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	17.15	1.83	10.77	3.3	0.7
35	Oregon	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	16.79	9.2	12.44	3.52	-0.52
36	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	16.7	10	11.52	3.77	-0.77
37	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.6	15.2	12.16	3.93	-0.93
38	Akron	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.27	4.33	3.85	3.64	0.36
39	UCLA	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	15.85	4.2	14.88	3.09	-0.09
40	Arizona	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	15.73	1.2	16.27	2.77	0.23
41	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.7	1	5.88	3.2	0.8
42	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-1-2	0.4	15.69	-0.8	6.08	2.38	-0.38
43	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	15.59	1.2	12.64	2.68	0.32
44	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.01	2.8	8.55	2.93	0.07
45	Iowa State	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	14.73	2	8.42	2.76	0.24
46	Georgia	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	14.73	5.5	18.13	2.81	-0.81
47	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	14.66	1.8	6	2.78	0.22
48	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	14.26	9.5	16.54	3.04	-1.04
49	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	13.46	-5.4	12.49	1.92	1.08
50	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.37	1.25	13.54	2.14	-0.14
51	Army	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.08	5.75	3.81	2.56	-0.56
52	Ball State	Mid-American	2-2-1	0.4	13.03	4.2	12.75	3.02	-1.02
53	Texas	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	12.99	2	14.97	2.21	-0.21
54	San José State	Big West	2-2-0	0.5	12.55	1	7.61	2.08	-0.08
55	Kentucky	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	11.74	-3.5	17.6	1.38	0.62
56	UNLV	Big West	3-2-0	0.6	11.71	-8.8	5.32	1.42	1.58
57	Washington	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	11.65	2.8	18.4	2.87	-0.87
58	Tulsa	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.24	-2.33	10.97	2.61	0.39
59	Iowa	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.99	-5.75	14.55	1.42	0.58
60	Duke	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.74	-4.83	16.88	2.39	0.61
61	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	10.51	8.8	5.21	3.69	-1.69
62	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	10.45	-7.5	10.22	1.33	0.67
63	Long Beach State	Big West	3-3-0	0.5	9.09	-12.83	4.29	1.53	1.47
64	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-3-1	0.33	8.97	-1.83	19.65	2.77	-0.77
65	Baylor	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	8.79	-7.4	19.2	1.57	0.43
66	Toledo	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	8.11	-6.8	10.76	1.61	0.39
67	TCU	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	7.92	-8.6	11.77	1.36	0.64
68	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	2-3-1	0.33	7.9	-4.5	4.27	2.44	-0.44
69	LSU	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	7.85	6.5	12.94	2.64	-1.64
70	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	7.71	-14.4	13.91	0.95	1.05
71	California	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	7.56	-10.2	16.28	1.12	0.88
72	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	7	-13.4	10.13	1.04	0.96
73	Rice	Southwest	1-3-1	0.2	6.95	2.4	6.66	2.86	-1.86
74	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.3	-5	14.19	2.21	-0.21
75	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.19	-9.5	12.33	1.68	0.32
76	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	6.14	0	8.64	2	-1
77	Kansas	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	5.98	-10	9.13	1.71	0.29
78	Utah	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	5.75	-10	13.39	2.07	-0.07
79	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	5.44	-2.4	17.81	2.22	-1.22
80	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-3-1	0.2	5.06	-3	14.39	2.24	-1.24
81	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	4.31	-13.4	18.77	0.94	0.06
82	North Carolina	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	4.22	-1	7.12	2.33	-1.33
83	Wake Forest	ACC	1-3-1	0.2	4.14	-3.6	9.27	1.85	-0.85
84	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.01	-6	16.84	1.37	-0.37
85	Navy	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.94	-12	10.28	0.52	0.48
86	Purdue	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	3.92	-16.25	13.65	0.58	0.42
87	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	3.92	-16.25	14.82	0.37	0.63
88	Stanford	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	3.34	-7.2	18.29	1.53	-0.53
89	SMU	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.32	-19.5	4.7	0.49	0.51
90	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.91	-10.4	14.47	1.17	-0.17
91	Maryland	ACC	1-5-0	0.17	2.74	-5.5	17.5	1.95	-0.95
92	Missouri	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.53	-21.2	20.59	0.17	0.83
93	Kansas State	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.3	-19.6	9.02	0.41	0.59
94	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.25	-12.2	13.05	0.78	0.22
95	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	2.25	-9.67	13.12	1.8	-0.8
96	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	2.09	-10.5	9.59	1.76	-0.76
97	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-5-0	0.17	2.04	-13.67	18.89	1.15	-0.15
98	Utah State	Big West	1-4-0	0.2	1.57	-29.2	14.4	0.3	0.7
99	Pacific	Big West	1-5-0	0.17	1.55	-22.33	17.45	0.55	0.45
100	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-1.92	-7.5	21.05	0.98	-0.98
101	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-4-0	0	-2.56	-17.5	18.99	0.89	-0.89
102	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.63	-24.6	7.78	0.17	-0.17
103	Ohio	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.66	-22.83	11.57	0.6	-0.6
104	New Mexico State	Big West	0-5-0	0	-2.67	-24.6	8.85	0.69	-0.69
105	Kent State	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.77	-23.83	15.48	0.32	-0.32
106	Temple	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-3.14	-31.83	21.03	0.09	-0.09